8.0/1024 votes#1 - Not The Nine O'Clock In The Morning News
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 10/27/1980
Sketches: The Shining 2 / Cockerel / Punk at a urinal / That's Lies / Made In Britain / Bank pens / Sir Robert Mark / Dick Head / TV Licence Advert / Bank signs / Unemployment / Bhuddist Driving School / Loud man in sex shop / Ansaphone confessional / Vandalised Phone Kiosks / UFO Story / Workaholics / I Like Trucking / National Theatre
Director: N/A
Writer: Richard Curtis
8.0/1020 votes#2 - Election Special
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 11/3/1980
Sketches: Hedgehog apology / Athletics from Birmingham / Bad Language / Buffet car / Cinema Usher / Shoe Shop Theft / Constable Savage / Fly The Flag / Bath Salts / Laxatives Tested / Burns Unit / Granny's Mini Metro / Explicit Bag / Quick Service Queue / Barbarian Lager / Welsh Choir / England My Leotard / Ice cream van
Director: N/A
Writer: Richard Curtis
7.4/1024 votes#3 - Miss World
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 11/10/1980
Sketches: Thatcher out/Thatcher in / Pyjama case / Presidential Aide / Baboons / Walking Into A Tree / TUC Tea Break / Pop Group / Reg Varney / Sooty Surgeon / Soccer Violence / Join The Royal Family / Gay Flasher / Kendal Mint Cake / I Believe / BBC2 Closedown
Director: N/A
Writer: Richard Curtis
7.4/1022 votes#4 - Show Seventeen
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 11/17/1980
Sketches: I'm on fire / Nationwide twins / Swedish film centre / ouglas Adams / London tourist board / Sleepy Firemen / Space Salvationists / Girls' Football / Roger Cook / Sir Keith Joseph / Counting Sheep / One Man And His Lion / Return Of Rowan's Rant / Soup and Cocoa / Auld Lang Syne / Controlling TV shows / Big Jobs / Last Of The Mohicans
Director: N/A
Writer: Richard Curtis
7.2/1021 votes#5 - Show Eighteen
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/24/1980
Sketches: Ready Brek / Daily Star / Elephant Man / Thieves without stockings to put on their heads but with a pair of tights / Battered Baby / Harty Skit / Sunbed / The Obit / This Is Your Life / Tax Evaders / American Express (Masons) / Open Marriage / Schmidt Old Slag / Cocktail party / Burglar / Cold students / The New Creed / Vicar Breakdown / Lager / All-purpose Advert / Henry Cooper / Chess / Man Alive Skit / Disco which isn't really / Aural sex
Director: N/A
Writer: Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones, Andy Hamilton, David Renwick, Andrew Marshall
6.9/1022 votes#6 - Show Nineteen
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 12/1/1980
Sketches: Apology to the Feemasons / Panda Crossing / Brewed By Robots / Pope's Hat / Ticket Collector / Piano / Chilean Milk Marketing Board / Gang Of Three / Windsors Greatest Hits / Crowd control / Gift Shop / Giscard / Michelangelo's David / Photo Booth / Thatcher Leaving / Headmaster and pupil / Silent Movie / Weather Forecast / Euthanasia Society
Director: N/A
Writer: Richard Curtis
7.7/1022 votes#7 - Show Twenty
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 12/8/1980
Sketches: Baronet Oswold Ernold Mosley / Punk aerosol / Queen's Visit / Loyal Apology / Iran & Iraq / Barry Manilow / Cargo Cult / Pneumatic Drills / Kidney Donor / Wimpy worker / Party Political Broadcast / Sperm Donor / Acupuncture / Not The Parrot Sketch / Karate For The Deaf / Divorce Ceremony / Nine To Five / Rolf Harris
Director: N/A
Writer: Richard Curtis, Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones
7.9/1021 votes#8 - Show Twenty One
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 12/15/1980
Sketches: Announcer / Musical aeroplane / Polish cartoon / Radio controlled ospreys / University Challenge / C'est la Vie (Abba skit) / Age Of Consent / Carol Singers / Christmas Blackmail / Multiplex / Thatchula / Shirley Williams / Coffee Commerical / Sexist Cameraman / Sexism Discussion / Door sketch / SPG Man / Swag Card / Now Dry Your Hands / Ayatollah auction
Director: N/A
Writer: Richard Curtis, Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones
The Best Episodes of Not the Nine O'Clock News Season 3
Every episode of Not the Nine O'Clock News Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Not the Nine O'Clock News Season 3!
Classic sketch comedy show satirising the news and culture of the late 70s and early 80s which introduced Rowan Atkinson, Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones...
Genre:Comedy
Network:BBC Two
Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Not The Nine O'Clock In The Morning News" is the best rated episode of "Not the Nine O'Clock News" season 3. It scored 8/10 based on 24 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Richard Curtis, it aired on 10/27/1980. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Election Special".